Manet Community Health to give Curry family its highest honor

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Mar 31, 2014 at 9:18 AMApr 2, 2014 at 4:58 PM

Quincy businessman Bob Curry and his children will be honored next month for their support of Manet Community Health Center

Manet Community Health Center will award its highest honor, the Manet Medallion, to the Curry family of Quincy for their commitment to cancer awareness and screening during the center's annual dinner and auction at 6 p.m. May 1 at the Boston Quincy Marriott.

The award will be accepted by Bob Curry, the owner of Curry Hardware stores in Quincy, Braintree and Hanover, and his children, Sean and Julie Johnson, in memory of Curry's wife, Marie, who died of breast cancer at age 52 in 1995.

Three years later, the family created a foundation in her name that has raised more than $1 million for free mammograms and cancer education at Quincy Medical Center, primarily through the Quincy Medical Center Cancer Walk and other events.

This will be the first time the award has gone to a family.

Loretta LaRoche, motivational speaker, author and stress management and humor consultant, will speak at the dinner, which raised nearly $100,000 last year. Her weekly column, "Get a Life," is syndicated nationally.

Quincy Medical Center is the sponsor of the event.

Tickets are $125 each. For sponsorship opportunities or tickets, contact Manet’s Development Office at 617-690-6352 or events@manetchc.org.

Manet served 14,300 patients in 2013 and expects to see an increase of 5,000 this year. The center recently opened a Taunton office and is completing major expansions in North Quincy and Hull.